Wikileaks defends Iraq war leaks

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Founder of whistleblowing website Wikileaks has defended the release of almost 400,000 classified US documents about the war in Iraq, reports BBC.
Julian Assange said the "intimate details" of the conflict were made public in an effort to reveal the truth about the conflict.
The "war logs" suggest evidence of torture was ignored, and detail the deaths of thousands of Iraqi civilians. The US has criticised the leak, the largest in American military history.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she condemned the disclosure and suggested the leaks put lives at risk.